shāo

to burn; to heat; to cook

HSK 3 #1201

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 1201st character
Radical ⽕ (86.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 2060
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

烧 shāo
  1. 1. to burn
  2. 2. to heat
  3. 3. to cook
  4. 4. to boil (tea, water etc)
  5. 5. fever
  6. 6. to run a temperature
  7. 7. to roast
  8. 8. to bake
  9. 9. to stew
  10. 10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head

Stroke order

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Words containing 烧

Word Meaning
siu mei; spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
to bury; funeral rites
programmer (electronics)
to burn to death
to singe (textiles)
to boil water; to heat water
kettle
burn (injury); scorching
burning pain
burning pain
barbecue sauce
to weld
to scorch; scorched; to burn
to burn coal
to cook
to fire (pottery)
to heat until red-hot
to sinter; to agglomerate ore by burning
burnout; peel out
barbecue (Cantonese style)
stewed eggplant
to make tea
to cook
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
to burn (a CD or DVD)